Officers Who Stopped Subway Bomber Hand out Toys to Kids

Four Port Authority police officers hailed as heroes for stopping a Times Square bomber earlier this week handed out toys to kids in Newark.

(Published Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017)

Four police officers who are credited with stopping a suspected subway bomber in Times Square played a different kind of hero on Saturday -- by handing out Christmas presents to kids in Newark.

It was the first public appearance of the officers -- Anthony Manfredini, Jack Collins, Sean Gallagher and Drew Preston -- since police say a 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant tried to set off a bomb strapped to his body on Monday.

The Port Authority police officers are credited with jumping on Akayed Ullah as he reached for his cellphone, potentially saving lives by preventing the rest of the bomb from detonating.

On Saturday the officers joined others from the Port Authority and New Jersey State Troopers unions to hand out toys to 200 children who gathered at the National Action Network Newark Tech World School.